Main production regions Ningxia and Gansu both showed decreases, with April 2014 output being 78.4 thousand tons and 37.8 thousand tons respectively

South Korean Imports of FeSi Continued to Increase in April of 2014

At the 11th China Ferro-alloys International Conference,President of Tian Ferroalloy Exchange, Mr Qi Biao shared his insightful opinion on the harsh situation Chinese ferrosilicon producers faced. Mr Qi said China was number one either capacity or output of fe...

Mr Qi reported world ferrosilicon capacity at approximately 10 million tons and 7.5 million tons in China. Ranked by capacity, China,Russia,Ukraine,Norway and Brazil take the top five places.

Recently, National Assessment Group of Outdated Industrial Capacities Elimination visited Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Ferrosilicon furnaces of 12,500KVA and 20,000KVA suffered, which involved 13 sets and 136,000 mt.

US Imports of Chinese FeSi Soared in March of 2014

[Ferro-alloys.com] Because of the continued conflict between Russia and Ukraine and US’ sanctions against exports of some Russian commodities, ferroalloy consumers especially ferrosilicon consumers might turn to other production countries for the materials so...